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With the arrival of spring, a more colourful and meaningful festival season than ever before begins in Debrecen. In addition to the well-known and long-standing big events such as the Campus Festival and the Debrecen Flower Carnival, there are many new events for culture lovers in Debrecen throughout the year. Domestic and international performers, world-famous productions, genre diversity and super venues ensure a meaningful and memorable experience.

We offer the highlights of Debrecen’s annual programme, broken down by month.

The Debrecen Zoo and Amusement Park awaits you with a rich programme, animal experiences, and the first amusement park adventures of the year.

The Accor Group will open a Mercure hotel in Debrecen in August, following the opening of the Mercure Tokaj Center in April.

The first Mercure hotel in the countryside opened in Tokaj recently. Accor further strengthens its leading position in the hotel industry in Central and Eastern Europe with the opening of a new Mercure hotel in Hungary’s second most populous city, Debrecen thanks to an agreement with Bajcsy Invest Kft.

Roncsbar, Debrecen’s ‘ruin’ pub opened on Friday 13th April 2012 making the pub 10 years old today. They are proud to welcome people from all walks of life, those who are interested in rock music. Beyond this the bar has a social role, and engages with the city authority and its citizens, joining to work with Tourinform and Rocksuli to be a part of local events. For example, most recently hosting the Made in Debrecen Festival.

Between 17th April and 5th May 2022, the second Bartók Spring International Art Week will feature the best of the Hungarian and international art scene, world to renowned companies, exceptional soloists, new productions, and extraordinary performances, with surprises not only in the capital but also in Debrecen.

The winners of the annual competition have been announced. Their goal is to raise awareness of Debrecen as a wine hub and destination, providing easy access to the Hungarian wineries and the fantastic wines they produce.

Debrecen promotes Hungarian wine culture proactively, one of the most significant ways it does this is through the wine events and competitions the city holds. Since 2015 has held the Wines of Debrecen annual award, awarding the title of Wines of Debrecen to the winners.

The exhibition entitled “EgyediLEG című időLEGes” at the Déri Museum presents the most outstanding works of art from the museum’s collections in a unique arrangement, selected according to individual criteria and from an unusual perspective.

This year, the Debrecen Spring Art Exhibition will be held for the 31st time at the Bényi Gallery of the Kölcsey Centre.

The exhibition will be open between the 1st and the 21st of April 2022, during the opening hours of the Kölcsey Centre, daily from 10 am to 6 pm.

The 6th Debrecen Gourmet Festival invites you on an unforgettable taste journey to the heart of the picturesque Nagyerdő.

On the first weekend of July, the country’s best restaurants and chefs will gather in Debrecen to show where the top of gastronomy in Hungary is today, according to the event’s Facebook page.

On Sunday the 12th of April between 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. a classical music concert will be held at the Kölcsey Center as part of the “Bartók Spring International Arts Week”.

Featuring – Mendelssohn: Symphony No. V (D minor, “Reformation”), Op. 107 / Rossini: Stabat Mater

Less than a month after the Szerencsejáték Zrt. – CXXIV. Lajos Barcsa, Deputy Mayor of Debrecen, Sándor Wladár, President of the Hungarian Swimming Federation, Csaba Sós, the Federation Captain, András Becsky, Managing Director of the Debrecen Sportcentrum and Tamás Darnyi, four-time Olympic champion swimmer, attended the official press conference of the event held at the Aquaticum Thermal Hotel in Debrecen.

The city of Debrecen will host the event for the eighth time between 20th April and 23rd April, the last time the Debrecen Sports Centre hosted the adult national swimming championships was in 2019. With just over two months to go until the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, the swimmers will be competing in the four-day event, which is sure to be a thrilling battle as a World Championships qualifier.

We’ve found out when and with whom festival-goers can party. International stars will be joined by local acts and emerging talent on the Campus stages.

From 20th to 24th July, Campus Festival will once again be the place to be for all the party lovers. Already in November, it was announced that names such as Tiësto, Norway’s Aurora, the UK’s The Toy Dolls, and Jungle by Night will also be playing at the festival. As recently reported by Dehir, Zara Larsson, something like Sigel, will also be performing.

So far spring has been mild, bringing forward summer, although the leaves are not yet on the trees, the local bands are willing and able to begin their new season. Why not have a Friday night out. Unfortunately, you’ll have to choose, because the below events are being held at the same time at different locations.

The Amusement Park is delighted to announce that one of its most popular attractions, the Little Railway, inaugurated on 1st May 1960 and unmissable for six decades, will welcome its returning and new passengers on its 62nd birthday this May Day weekend, following a complete mechanical and aesthetic overhaul.